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TIL that the way Jamaican’s speak is their native language. My entire life I thought Jamaicans had accents because it was their second language. Like how someone whose first language is Spanish, German, etc. and they speak English with an accent. I had no idea that is their actual language.
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TIL of the walking catfish, which is able to breathe air and use its pectoral fins to “walk” and move to different aquatic environments. Native to Southeast Asia, it became an invasive species in Florida during the 1960s and has been sighted in California, Connecticut, Georgia, and England.
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TIL of the museum infested with the Chilean Recluse spider (Loxosceles laeta), widely considered to be the most venomous of its kind. The museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, is located in Helsinki & no one is sure how the spider, native to South & Central America, came into the museum.
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TIL that voodoo is an official religion in Benin. Considered black magic, this ancient cult is known for sacrifices and mystical rituals. In Benin, instead of school, children are sent to voodoo convents, where they’re deprived of their names and forbidden to speak their native languages.
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